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This document discusses a patient presenting with ascites and edema due to cirrhosis and portal hypertension. The patient has shallow rapid breathing, low oxygen levels, low albumin levels, and a massively distended abdomen. Ascites is excess abdominal fluid present in 50% of cirrhosis patients. Edema was also seen in previous cases and was caused by reduced albumin and activation of the RAAS system. The patient may need a paracentesis to drain fluid and be prescribed diuretics like furosemide and spironola

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